{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20380320","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20380320","state":"Delaware","county":"Kent","location_type":"County","file_day":31,"file_month":10,"file_year":1803,"filing_court":"Common Pleas","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware","abstract":"Samuel Smith, a man of color, states that Constantine Jacobs and Jesse Cannon hold and detain him as a slave.  Apprehending \"that he is entitled to his freedom by the Laws of this State,\" Smith asks the court to summon the defendants \"to answer the Complaint of your petitioner.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Sues for freedom (enslaved)"},{"subject":"FPOC sues white"}]}]}